Call me a cynic but Tyson Fury’s retirement just doesn’t wash with me.. I think it’s a ploy to drive Anthony Joshua mad
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CALL ME a miserable fat little boxing cynic, but Tyson Fury's latest retirement just doesn't wash with me. It wasn't too long ago we were hearing he had a 10-fight deal with Saudi Arabia, that he was gonna fight Anthony Joshua twice, then he was going to face Joseph Parker twice.
![[Tyson Fury announcing his retirement from boxing.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/tyson-fury-retires-boxing-instagram-963507407_13fb44.jpg?strip=all&w=540)
He was planning on doing every fight in the world - there was even talk he'd rematch Francis Ngannou and do a better job. IF he has retired, then he goes out with an incredible career having made over £300million in boxing events alone, let alone all the extra stuff.
![[Oleksandr Usyk punches Tyson Fury during a boxing match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/oleksandr-usyk-punches-tyson-fury-959104201_45336b.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
He does so having sacrificed bundles of his own life for such success. We know his wife Paris suffered a miscarriage going into the first Oleksandr Usyk fight. We know for Deontay Wilder III, his little girl was put in intensive care, he barely even trained for that fight, he was sleeping on the hospital floor.
![[Anthony Joshua at the Ring Magazine Awards.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/anthony-joshua-poses-ring-magazine-963098399_905680.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
IF he has retired, IF it is genuine, then it's been an incredible career. And for the big showman, it's probably a nice little short sharp way to go out by just posting a video while sat inside his car. But I can't help but think that it's a bit of a ploy to drive AJ a little bit crazy.
![[Tyson Fury celebrates a boxing victory with championship belts.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2022-tyson-fury-celebrates-winning-963517643.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
AJ was at the Ring Awards the other day and put out a social media post saying "Fury, where are you? I'm looking for you.". It's the only fight that AJ wants, and Fury being wise and looking at the Floyd Mayweather playbook, knows that once you retire, you have to be coaxed out of retirement.
![[Tyson Fury vs. Anthony Joshua boxing stats comparison.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/AP-TOTT-FURY-AJ-010225.jpg?strip=all&w=894)
